A piece of wood has a mass of x kg and a volume of 0.002 m^3. Show that density of the wood is 0.5x g/cm^3 ?
Density is mass per volume or mass/ volume
mass= x kg = 1000x g
volume = .002 m^3 = .002m^3 x 100 cm/m x 100 cm/m x 100 cm/m = 2000 cm^3
Density = 1000x g /2000 m^3 = 0.5x g/cm^3